LFCMC track and field held a unique distinction at the 2018 Class A True Team state meet. They were one of only three programs/schools to send both their girls and boys teams. With a new 12-team format, eight section champions and four “wild card” teams (previously one), the FCLMC boys joined the girls (an omission from last week’s sports). Team Lanesboro coaches were … [Read more...]
Gopher Softball TRC West Champ
They had an impressive spurt. It came to an end. Amidst it, Chatfield softball (15-2) clinched its fourth straight TRC West title. The Gophers ran their win streak to nine with a doubleheader sweep of Southland, a win over R-P. Belle Berg (3-4, HR, two 2Bs, 5 RBI, 2 R) and Lexi Chase (3-4, two 2B, RBI, 2 R) did big work in a game one 13-0 win (five innings) versus the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
M-C softball went 4-1 on the week. Hannah Snell and Maddy Michels each added 4 RBI games. Kenidi McCabe was big (12-19, two HRs, 9 RBI) overall. GMLOK’s Lindsey Welch homered in one game, went 4-for-4 in another, and 4-for-5 in a third. FC/L swept R-P in softball/baseball double-headers. Makaila Eickhoff homered and Kaelyn Marzolf pitched a 2-hitter in softball. Baseball … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/14 – 5/19)
Chatfield 6, Southland 5 [5] (C: B. Ihrke 2-3, 2B, HR (3), 5 RBI, R, 5 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, Win (4-0); Max Aug 2-3, 2 R. Trailing 5-3, Gophers had a 3-run top five, Ihrke a 2-run GW-double); S 1, C 7 [5] (C: M. Aug 2-2, RBI, 2 R; Terron Ostby 2-2, 2B, 2 R; Robert Crouch 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, Win; Zach Roline 1-2, 2 RBI) PEM 1, R-P 5 (RP: C. Weidemann 2-4, HR … [Read more...]
Softball (5/14 – 5/19)
M-C 5, L-A 10 (MC: K. McCabe 1-3, HR (3), RBI, R; Lexi Thorson 1-3, 3B, RBI; Hannah Snell 1-3, RBI, R) R-P 1, FC/L 4 (FCL: M. Eickhoff 1-2, HR, RBI, R, 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, Win; Kjerstiana Corson 3-4, RBI. RP: Peyton Hoiness 1-3, R); FC/L 13, R-P 0 (FCL: M. Eickhoff 2-4, two 2B, 3 RBI, R; Sierra Rustad 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R; K. Marzolf 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, Win, 1-3, … [Read more...]
Track and Field
SEC Meet (Boys: 1st FCLMC, 2nd GMLOKS. Girls: 1st GMLOKS, 2nd FCLMC. FCLMC 1st’s: C. Kiehne (200), E. Breitsprecher (100-H), S. Kuehn (400), Bri. Ruen (800), T. Raaen (800), M. Lutes (1,600), K. Arndt (3,200), J. O’Connor (3,200), A. Miner (P-Vault), C. Kunz (P-Vault), D. Wyffels (T-Jump), the boys 4x200 (Wyffels, Kuehn, J. Peters, Kiehne), 4x400 (Kiehne, Wyffels, J.T. Rein, … [Read more...]
Golf (5/14 – 5/18)
(B) Caledonia 207, R-P 221 (RP: Ethan Atkinson 51. Warriors had medalist); (G) C 197, R-P Inc. (B) D-E 197, Chatfield Inc. (C: Riley Mulhern 54. Eagles had top four) (B) R-P 230, L-A 168 (Cardinals had top five scores); (G) R-P Inc., L-A 186 (Trojans had just one golfer) (B) Southland 199, Kingsland 185 (K: Simon Broadwater 37*, Wyatt Pruter 42); (G) S Inc., K Inc. (G) … [Read more...]
Athlete of the Week – Simon Broadwater
LFCMC Girls Top GMLOKS, Repeat True Team Title
If a football team loses by a touchdown, it’s a close game. If a track and field squad wins a meet by seven points, it’s like winning in football by an extra point. The 2018 1A True Team girls t/f meet saw the four squads associated with Fillmore County, finish one through four. Newcomer GMLOKS (coach Aaron Thauwald), a double-A competitor last year, battled defending … [Read more...]
Dual Gopher One-Hitters
It’s rare that softball and baseball pitchers from the same school throw one-hit shut-outs the same night. Chatfield’s Lexi Chase and Jake Mandt performed the feat, making of mockery of L-A’s hitting. Chase was Chase in tossing her fifth shut-out of the season (6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 14 K, Win). She moved to 8-0 (92 K, 2 BB, .149 ERA). Belle Berg hit her fourth home run … [Read more...]